The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15

wife and then cut his own throat last Mon
day afternoon, died at West Pennsylvania
hospital, Pittsburg. Mrs. Hermann will
recover.
Two convicts, both white, at work with
others on the new Supreme Court building
in Raleigh, N. c., made an attempt to es.
cape Tuesday afternoon. The guard pur-
sued and fired or them, wounding both
one slightly, the other seriously,
A Little Rock special describes the exc
cution of two Indians near the Seminole
Agency, Indian Territory, who had been
convicted by an Indian Court Of murder.
They were shot by the Indian sheriff and
deputy, and died at the first fire.
Editor O'Brien was given an informal re-
ccption by the New York Press Club a. the
club house Monday afternoon. About 200
representatives of the New York newspa
pers were present. Remarks were made
by O'Brien, Bill Nyc and several other
journalistic lights.
4 collision occurred in the Channel be-
tween the British bark Hamburg, from
New York, for Liverpool, and the British
steamer Tern. The steamer was sunk and
her captain and four scanen were drowned.
The Tern was of 5000 tons burden, and
was from Mediterranean ports.
a farmer blowing near Live Oak, Fla,
was considerably surprised the other day
when the ground suddenly gave way under
him, and a place 10 or IL feet square sunk
about eight feet, carrying him and his
team down, but fortunately without in.
jury. 1t took several men several hours to
get the horse out
Frederick Hermann, aged 80, of Pitts
burg, Penn, Monday afternoon killed his
little daughter, aged 10 months, by cutting
her throat, beat his wife on the head with a
brick until he thought her dead, and then
cut his own throat, severing the windpipc
and iugular vein.
There has been one death from yellow
fever and one new case at Key West since
Sunday. Tho record now stands, deaths 6,
sick D., convalcSccnt 3; total number Of
cases Is. The place is now quarantincd by
all ports, as far rs known, except New
York and Havana.
The directors of the Richmond and West
Point Terminal Company Tuesday de-
clarcd Il scmi.annual dividend of 9! per
cent. on preferred stock, and the directors
of the Richmond and Danvillo railroad de-
clarcd asemi annual dividend of 3 per cent.
Both dividends are payable July l.
a party of six boys were bathing in a
one Of whom could swim. Two of them,
Otho Hughes, aged ii, and james McPhcc-
tiers, aged 10, went beyond their depth.
They became frightened, seized each other
and were drowned.
John n. Oliver, whom President Clcvc-
land removed from the office of Justice of
the Peace for the District of Columbia in
April last, still continues to sign his name
a. Il Justice of the Peace and refuses to sur
render his office to his successor. The
courts are to be appealed to to GUST the
ciinging patriot.
The purchasing committee of the Wa
bash Railroad have announced that they
Will protest in Court against the payment
of the big fees recently allowed receivers.
The fees We're SIP, 800 each, which the pur-
chasing committee consider cNtravagant
and without precedent.
Two New York schoolboys, aged re.
spcciivcly . and II, were arraigncd for the
murder Of an old Italian, whom they pclted
with stones on their way from school on
Monday. lie fell, and fractured his skull.
He died in the hospital. The boys were at
first held for trial, but the coroner dis
charged them.
Thomas Lamb, County Judge Of May
crick county, Texas, killed his brother.
Joseph Lamb, a wealthy ranchman on
Monday on Mexican soil. Thomas was
arrested The brothers had Quarrclcd over
the division OF their property. Troops had
10 hc called out to keep the McXicaus from
lynchiDg Thomas.
The wife of Henry George is a plump
and pretty little woman, accustomed to
taking her husbands vagarics rs n matter
OF course. She is described as q mattcr.of.
fact little body, loving her four children
dcvotcdly and being anxious to have them
well OF, if possible.
Er.nrig u po,r;, r,rn,,,l,, oou.o,.l
with the Philadelphia Press and now State
Librarian f Ohio, is quoted rs saying: 81
know thai Blaine has instructed his friends
to commence his canvass. He wishes to
have the nomination come to him as if un.
solicited"
The will Of the late Justice Woods be.
quca'hs his gold watch, swords, commits
Slons, and sundry other articles of personal
value To his son and daughter. and his real
estate and furniture in Washington and
Newark, Ohio, to his widow. II was made
on the 2Sth Of April last.
The Indian outbreak in Arizona Terri
tory is assuming serious proportions. The
widespread 1cprcdations indicate that there
are many moe than II bucks, as at first
reported, on The war path. The whole
county is fired with excitement, and it is
feared that parties will organize to visit
San Carlos reservation. In such an event
there will be great slaughter. Advices are
coming from all directions Of outragcs.
w II. Green, the only colorcd man ever
admitted to the signal service, has been dis
missed from that service without a charac.
ter. The only significance in this order
lies in The fact that Green is u colored man,
and is the man over whom Gen. HaZcn and
Secretary Of War Lincoln had a contro-
vcrsy. His career has been throughout un-
satisfactory,
The dry goods house of G. Gray & Co.,
of Augusta, has been boycotted by the Car
pcntcrs' and Joiners' Assembly, in which
the Knights OF Labor Assemblies are Join
ing. Mr.. Gray recently refused to co.
operate with all the other dry goods mer-
chants who agreed to close their stores at 6
p. NJ.
On Tuesday night Paul Linckc, a promi.